Removing Logo - Advice Please?

[Bearbait2]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Just received a gift of a titanium double-wall drinking cup. It is mat grey in appearance with wire handles and works great. It has a manufacture's logo painted (?) in black on one side. Any recomendation on how to remove it without damaging the cup? Tried scraping it with my fingernail to no effect.
Getting rid of the cup is not an option. Will NOT be using the cup at Rondys, etc. It is for my own enjoyment on the trail.
Appreciate any help/suggestions you may be able to offer.
Thank you

 

[musketman]

Jet engine turbine blades are made of titanium, and they are exposed to tremendous heat for hundreds of hours...

I would suspect you could just burn it off, depending on the wall's thickness...

 

[Bearbait2]

Mr. Musketman,
Info sheet said not to place it in direct contact with flame, etc as it might cause the wall to buckle, seperate or explode. Should have stated so in my original post. Sorry.
Best Wishes

 

[roundball]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Just received a gift of a titanium double-wall drinking cup. It is mat grey in appearance with wire handles and works great. It has a manufacture's logo painted (?) in black on one side. Any recomendation on how to remove it without damaging the cup? Tried scraping it with my fingernail to no effect.
Getting rid of the cup is not an option. Will NOT be using the cup at Rondys, etc. It is for my own enjoyment on the trail.
Appreciate any help/suggestions you may be able to offer.
Thank you

If I had it at my house, I would immediately reach for my cans of Acetone, or Graffetti removal chemical, (hardware stores)...if either of those won't dissolve it off, I don't know what would

 

[musketman]

Mr. Musketman,
Info sheet said not to place it in direct contact with flame, etc as it might cause the wall to buckle, seperate or explode. Should have stated so in my original post. Sorry.
Best Wishes

OK, the walls will buckle because they are hallow...

How about a paint/varnish remover, like zipstrip, wash many times when done...

Fingernail polish remover comes to mind...

Is the logo just painted on or is it also raised (the metal) to form the image shape?

If it is raised, you will still have the image's shape/outline...

 

[Flint50]

I removed logo with steel wool on aluminum cups, dont know 'bout titanium tho..

 

[Zonie]

Titanium is a lot harder than aluminum.
The steel wool will polish or burnish the surface, so you might have to do the whole thing to make it look uniform.

Try Acetone or lacquer thinner if it's painted on. WD40 might do the job if it's a decal.
Don't use anything with Chlorine in it. The two don't like each other. Well, that's not quite true. Chlorine loves Titanium...to much.
Of course I say that based on jet engine compressor blades reaction to it. For a drinking cup, it probably wouldn't hurt it in any way that you would know.

As you are not going to use fire, I don't have to warn you that if you get Titanium too hot, (like drop it in the campfire) it can create a fire that makes Magnesium look tame.

Happy Polishing. ::

 

I'd suggest a new scrounge pad and elbow grease. Haven't done titanium, but have removed logos from stainless and plastics.... Try at your own peril, :results:

Just :m2c:

 

[Bearbait2]

Gentlemen,
Thanks to one and all for the great advice. Managed to locate a can of ZipStrip and it removed it in two applications. Probably would have done it in one, if I knew what I was doing. Then used one of those green pads/sponge and soapy water to finish everything up. Am very happy with the results.
Best Wishes

 

[NC-Wes]

I have 2 Titanium bicycles and every year or so I clean them with acetone and then use Type-A/Extra-Fine (Red) ScotchBrite to polish them to a like new luster. The green stuff leaves fine lines on the frame... not good!

This process should would well on your well on your mug.

You can find the scotch brite at a "real" hardware store.. not the "Lowes Depot" variety.

 

[JeffS]

I use gas for stuff like that if its really nasty. Be real careful obviously, and I coulndt say if it will effect titanium, but I'd guess that is what I would end up trying. My wife buys some stuff that works good in a little yellow can, Im trying to remember the name, if I do I'll post again.

Good luck, Jeff

added in edit, I think the stuff my wife buys is "goo gone" but I could be wrong...

 

[Bearbait2]

Yo Mr. Zonie,
Am very familiar with burning magnesium but did not realize titanium would burn so well. Thanks for the heads up. Have you any experience using it to burn with?
Best Wishes

 

[Zonie]

WindWalker: None first hand.
I saw pictures of the aftermath and talked to some of the people who were there at the time of the fire. This envolved a small Gas Turbine Engine compressor wheel.

When a person thinks about it, the most common white paint pigment is Titanium Dioxide. That should give us a clue about it's fondness for oxygen.

Most Titanium is alloyed with other metals which improve it's strength and resistance to corrosion and fire, but a lot of things are made our of Titanium CP (commercially pure) because it is much easier to form.
Because it is almost pure, it burns the easiest, but it still takes a LOT of heat to get it going.

 

[Bearbait2]

Thank you.
Best Wishes